for garden or cut-flower use 
in any part of the country, 
and will be a first-class 
money maker for florists. 
It is a well-known fact 
that the popular Nasturtium 
Golden Gleam came from 
Mexico and that the first 
plants in this country were 
grown by an amateur. Mari¬ 
gold Sunset Giants parallels 
this beginning. An amateur 
flower grower, Mrs. A. A. 
Daspit, of Alexandria, Lou¬ 
isiana, grew the first plants 
of this remarkably large 
flowered type from seed she 
had gotten from Mexico, 
and although she had had 
no training along that line did a remarkably fine piece of work in selecting and 
improving the strain which she originally received. This Marigold was first 
brought to our attention through the Louisiana Seed Company of Alexandria, 
La., who saw possibilities for a commercial distribution, and it is in conjunction 
with the Louisiana Seed Company and Mrs. Daspit that we are introducing 
Marigold Gigantea Sunset Giants this season. We have grown Sunset Giants on 
our ranches the past few seasons and have continued the work of selection and 
type fixing begun by Mrs. Daspit. 
Immediately after harvest last season we sent trials to various customers in 
Australia and New Zealand, seed reaching them about December 1st. Although 
late in their season, this seed planted at that time produced fine plants and 
flowered freely. They reported to us in April that the variety is as we had 
claimed, extremely large flowered, sweet scented, and free blooming, and that 
they are anxiously waiting for seed 
supplies to offer their trade. Since 
Sunset Giants has therefore already 
been accepted by a critical trade, we 
urge all wide-awake seedsmen to get 
behind the variety and feature it, as 
we feel sure it will create an impres¬ 
sion throughout the horticultural 
world equal to that created by Nas¬ 
turtium Golden Gleam. 
SENSATIONAL NEW SWEET SCENTED 
CUT FLOWER 
Approximately 8,000 seeds per ounce. 
5 
